How to Type Hebrew

(This keyboard layout comes with the Mac OS X)

A. Alphabet

aleph

bet

gimel

dalet

he

vav

zayin

het

tet

yod

kaf

lamed

mem

nun

samek

ayin

pe

tsade

qof

resh

sin

shin

taw

א

ב

ג

ד

ה

ו

ז

ח

ט

י

כ

ל

מ

נ

ס

ע

פ

צ

ק

ר

שׂ

שׁ

ת

a

b

g

d

h

u

z

j

y

i

k

l

m

n

s

e

p

c

q

r

∑

W

t

ך

ם

ן

ף

ץ

ש

K

M

N

P

C

w

ךְ

Kπ

• vav can be typed by u or o
• het can be typed by j or H
• tet can be typed by y or T
• sin is produced by typing opt-w (∑)
• Add the two dots in the final kaf as if adding a Shewa

B. Vowels

Qamets	Tsere	Holem	Holem Vav	Shureq	Pathach	Seghol	Hireq	Qibbuts	Shewa
בָ	בֵ	בֹ	בוֹ	בוּ	בַ	בֶ	בִ	בֻ	בְ
bA	bE	bø	bO	bU	bå	b´	bˆ	b¨	b…
sh-a	sh-e	opt-o	sh-o	sh-u	opt-a	opt-e	opt-i	opt-u	opt-p
Hateph Qamets					Hateph Pathach	Hateph Seghol
בֳ					בֲ	בֱ
b™					bÅ	b´
opt-2					opSh-a	opSh-e

• Qamets is produced by adding shift-a (A) or opt-r (®) or opt-t (†) or opt-7 (¶)
• Tsere is produced by adding shift-e (E) or opt-5 (∞)
• Holem Vav can be produced by typing vav + opt-o (uø), or simply shift-o (O)
• Shureq can be produced by typing vav + B (uB), or simply shift-u (U)
• Pathach is produced by adding opt-a (å) or opt-6 (§)
• Hireq is produced by adding opt-i (ˆ) or opt-4 (¢)
• Qibbuts is produced by adding opt-u (¨) or opt-8 (•)
• Shewa is produced by adding opt-; (…) or opt-p (π) or opt-0 (º)
• Hateph Qamets is produced by adding opt-2 (™) or opt-R (‰) or opt-T (ˇ).
• Hateph Pathach is produced by adding opt-1 (¡) or opt-A (Å).
• Hateph Seghol is produced by adding opt-3 (£) or opt-E (´).

C. Other marks

Dagesh	Maqqef	Accent	Disjunct	Raphe	Metheg
בּ	ב־	ב֫	ב֔	בֿ	בָֽ
bB	b«			b\
sh-b	opt-\			\

• Dagesh can also be produced by typing ` (the key to the left of "1", under the esc key)
• There is no way to type the accents or Metheg with this keyboard.
  • You can use the "SIL" keyboard (see below) instead.
  • Or you can go to the LexiLogos page to do so.

(This keyboard layout can be downloaded freely on the SBL site)

A. Alphabet

aleph

bet

gimel

dalet

he

vav

zayin

het

tet

yod

kaf

lamed

mem

nun

samek

ayin

pe

tsade

qof

resh

sin

shin

taw

א

ב

ג

ד

ה

ו

ז

ח

ט

י

כ

ל

מ

נ

ס

ע

פ

צ

ק

ר

שׂ

שׁ

ת

>

b

g

d

h

w

z

x

v

y

k

l

m

n

s

<

p

c

q

r

f

j

t

ך

ם

ן

ף

ץ

ש

K

M

N

P

C

S

ךְ

K;

B. Vowels

Qamets	Tsere	Holem		Holem Vav	Shureq	Pathach	Seghol	Hireq	Qibbuts	Shewa
בָ	בֵ	בֹ	בֺ	בוֺ	בוּ	בַ	בֶ	בִ	בֻ	בְ
bA	bE	bo	bO	bwO	bw=	ba	be	bi	bu	b;
sh-a	sh-e	o	sh-o	w + sh-o	w + =	a	e	i	u	;
Hateph Qamets						Hateph Pathach	Hateph Seghol
בֳ						בֲ	בֱ
bØ						bÅ	b´
opSh-o						opSh-a	opSh-e

C. Other marks

Dagesh

Maqqef

Sof pasuq

Accent

Zaqef-qaton

Athnach

Rebia

Segolta

Zaqef-gadol

Silluq

Metheg

Munach

Raphe

בּ

ב־

ב׃

ב֫

ב֔

בָ֑

בׄ

ב֒

ב֕

בֽ

בָֽ

בֵ֣

בֿ

b=

b-

bÚ

b»

b”

bA≠

bÆ

b’

b°

b¡

bA¡

bE¶

b—

=

-

opSh-;

opSh-\

opSh-[

opt-=

opSh-'

opSh-]

opSh-8

opt-1

A + opt-1

E + opt-7

opSh--

sh- = shift key; opt- = option key; opSh = option + shift